Rubato Lassie | Carbon Fiber Electric Guitar

[@oliverlambson]

Ah so awesome to see Leon! Really pleased the progress we’ve made comes through and the mods give you the sound you wanted. Nothing better than actually seeing our guitars get gigged 😍

[@LeonTodd]

I didn't think you guys could make it better but I was wrong. What an absolute treat!

[@lyricbread]

@oliverlambson is the body hollow or is it a solid piece of composite?

[@Obssy]

Please try to do different shapes as well, like a V or an Explorer type shape, which is a notoriously heavy guitar, so the carbon fiber would turn it into a lovely thing to play!

[@PorterPickups]

Cool to be a part of this, hope you enjoyed the pickups!

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks again! The clear in the neck position might be my favourite humbucker for cleans, been loving gigging with it.

[@keithdilliplane]

🎵Domo arigato, Mr. Rubato🎵

[@strattonsound789]

Wow! What a cool guitar. Love the fact that temp and humidity don’t affect it. I thought it sounded so good with both high gain and clean, and the goth look is awesome Leon!

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah it's total space age stuff!

[@peterharvin2775]

That black fretboard is perfect. And the logo thing is very cool. But the best thing is the "crispness" of the tone.

[@bassfingers]

The Rubato Leon Todd Signature?. Why not?. This guitar sounds bloody mighty. ✌️❤️

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

It looks like hot💩 and it sounds like it too.😱

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! Secret menu item "I'd like an LT with fries and vegemite thanks"

[@tappistrt]

I always wondered why alternative material guitars didn’t catch on more for musicians who tour, especially internationally, to have something that’s more resistant to temperature and humidity changes. But despite the CF tech, it’s just a gorgeous axe. And those split tones sound incredible!

[@RoosterOvenMittz6969]

Fun fact: Nirvana's Kurt Cobain used a woodless guitar to record In Utero, giving it that dirty vibe!!

[@DragonBiscuit]

That is an absolute beauty 😊 Congrats!

[@jcugnoni]

Very nice guitar. The modifications make perfect sense to me. A carbon shredder guitar in stealth black outfit ! Very clear work.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

This was fascinating! So innovative. I love that sleek looking small body...and it's sounds awesome.

[@LeonTodd]

It's a unique beast hey!

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

The most notable thing about the guitar is it is free of any pretention. No rocket ships or flying saucers crept into the design. I am sure this guitar is pricy as demand dictates good ol' cottage industry. BUT! ..... It could easily be the standard of all future guitars like wood is now. The materials allow it to be made industrially by computer operated CNC and other machines as it can be cut to precise pieces without the need of extensive hand work on an unstable material like wood that needs constant maintenance. Add to that a big problem with wood is that the heat generated by cutting tools on high speed CNC type machines burns wood so it slows production by as much as 90%. The key thing is tone is not lost. The small issue with the PU's could be fixed easily with PU's designed with less highs even using conventionally designed PU's. THANX for another great show. Our time was well spent even if we could have watched another show of the latest new Strat that has the stunning and dramatic improvement change from the last one of a ...paint color 😠LOL.

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! Agree, I love the no nonsense aesthetic here.

[@lyricbread]

Richlite is a very underrated fretboard material. It doesn’t move with temperature and humidity changes so you don’t ever have to worry about frets popping up. And it looks like ebony if you’re into those aesthetics.

[@patrickdevlin3552]

Well deserved, sir!

[@colb999]

No woods = good is a no brainer for me as I've had Steinberger and Status products for years and am looking at an Emerald Virtuo. Looking forward to the video though.

[@LeonTodd]

​@@edreynolds8721yeah it's all good :D the more the merrier with guitar!

[@markcarleton6647]

The guitar sounds and looks fantastic! I want to try out a Rubato guitar. I have some Rainsong and Emerald acoustic guitars which are made out of carbon fiber. I think they sound just as good as my wood acoustic guitars but offer advantages. I don’t worry about the carbon fiber guitars cracking or being damaged by temperature and humidity changes. Where I live it gets really dry in the wintertime so this is a big deal for me. I recently got an Emerald Virtuo electric guitar. I think it sounds great and compares well to my wood electric guitars. Thanks Leon for all the great content!

[@LeonTodd]

Those look great! It's awesome to see these options being available at several price/feature points now.

[@theprisonier]

I play carbon guitars for a long time, weight saving ! The XoX. This one so nice, sounds good . Love it !

[@Simeon_Harris]

looks really cool and sounds great. i had a parker maxxfly for a bit and loved the super light and super thin design. a guitar doesn't need to be heavy to sound good.

[@LeonTodd]

The first time I ever played a Parker changed my perception of what a guitar could be. I still remember the ads with Reeve Gabrels!

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

@@LeonTodd Reverend make 3 x Reeves Gabrels signatures: Dirtbike, RG-1 & Space Hawk.. Reeves is a wiz. Leon, this Rubato is wicked. After giving this carbon-fiber Rubato an overhaul it looks & sounds like a proper weapon. I've just noticed & appreciated the fret access down to 24 without any finger straining / crushing / stretching problems at all. 8 hours ago my feed says.. so around 6pm AWST over there u did this?.. I'm watching this at 3:26am AEST.. 🥱😴😖😣🥱 🫖☕☕☕ ☕🤯🤘Didyabringyabongalong Station🐪Central QLD.🎼

[@kingfisher7960]

I was looking to add a modern carbon fiber guitar to my collection! Thanks for doing this!

[@LeonTodd]

My pleasure! This is a no compromise guitar, plays like a dream.

[@TVoltG]

Love my Freeway switch. Very cool guitar. Love the idea of the materials.

[@MikeC-cm7pc]

Wow ! there is your Signature guitar mate 🤘

[@BenBreard]

I love the idea of a purely carbon fiber guitar. I'd love it more in a normal strat shape. :) also just last night I rewired one of my Andersons so the humbuckers split instead of parallel. ..... there's pros and cons but dude, split sounds sooooooo much better to me.

[@LeonTodd]

Parallel is definitely an acquired taste hey. They actually make carbon fibre strat replacement necks which I'd love to try!

[@sirgerbilmacintosh9101]

I love it. I'm mainly a PRS guy, with fancy woods and tops, and this is almost the polar opposite, which I'd love to have. Very cool and innovative. I like how it's kind of subtly different, like at a glance, it just looks like a cool guitar. They didn't go 'Parker Fly' with the styling, which is nice, and the sounds are fantastic.

[@LeonTodd]

I feel exactly the same way - love my PRS stuff and I love a good flame maple top, but this is an aesthetic I love as well. Passes the "is it a guitar or some kind of industrial safety device" test too :p

[@Mahdi_ddA]

Amazing video this morning 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@LeonTodd]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Hey brother.. I've been so busy I've not been on the PC lately and I walked by getting coffee and saw you on the feed on YT and that Lassie and had to watch.. I love that guitar.. It's like an Ibanez S series and a Hamer Special had a baby! I love that new fingerboard. A moment of silence for no inlays! haha.. I have a LP Jr I put together from the best kit guitar company on earth out of Canada. precision guitar kits .. All one word.. I got a maple neck and fingerboard with no inlays. That carbon fiber is beautiful too brother.. Love it.. Love those fret ends.. Like the Ibanez prestige fret ends.. Hot dog ends I see they call them in the Luthier forums.. That 6 way switch id awesome and I love it that you don't have to worry about wood too moving around and making the neck bow.. What a great thing that you can use that and not have to worry about it being temperature sensitive. I love that guitar man.. Lightweight and able to move around is too cool.. Love it brother! They are stainless frets too aren't they? What is the bridge? I'd want a floyd, but that's me.. I love it.. Absolutely very cool brother! Very cool.. Thanks so much for this Demo man.. I'll have to check out their website.. Thank you Roberto guitars for allowing Leon to do this demo.. What a great guitar and great work guys! I love it ..!!!!!! That logo was a nice touch man! Be well Roboto and Leon!

[@LeonTodd]

Yep, stainless frets. Hipshot bridge. Dream machine.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@LeonTodd Very cool ..

[@emrossound2755]

Great stuff Leon! The guitar looks and sounds amazing (as your playing)...I really like the top-end/attack in the sound, like a more glassy thing than I'm used to hear, but I like it a lot. Hmm...pretty pricey here in Sweden, almost as much as my PRS Custom 24-08 but great guitars cost a little bit more so I just have to save some money now. 🤩👍 Keep it up! 💪🎸

[@LeonTodd]

It's very articulate. I'm enjoying dialing in sounds around it since it sounds so different to my other guitars.

[@emrossound2755]

I can imagine! As a producer/studioowner/engineer/guitarist I am always searching for good tools to get great sounds in the studio. To have a guitar that produces more articulation/"attacks" would be very nice I think...just use different picks could also provide som changes in that way but this guitar seem to have something else too...pretty cool. Have a nice sunday and keep on dialing in sounds the whole day! 😊👍 @@LeonTodd

[@dominicgibson9529]

A very cool guitar...futuristic without falling into the trap of being built to look unwieldy.

[@michaelfrancis1]

Cheers from Texas! 🤘😺🤘 Yes, I’m diggin’ it! 🎉 That multi-switch seems great; as long as it’s pretty firm, holding the correct positions. The pickups have obvious tone changes; love that! Does it come in 7 string Iceman shape? 😸😹😺 Peace

[@LeonTodd]

The switch is super solid. I didn't know what to expect but now i need it on a bunch of other guitars!

[@picksalot1]

The guitar looks and sounds great. Ola Strandberg said that in his tests, Richlite sounded better than wood (Ebony?). I live in a relatively hot, and humid climate, so carbon fiber guitars are of particular interest to me. Even though there is no need for a Truss Rod on most Carbon Fiber necks, the ability to dial in neck "Relief" is a feature I like. I wish that Carbon Fiber Electric Guitar Makers included easy Pickup Swapping from the back of the instrument using "Quick Connectors, as that material is so strong that it probably wouldn't need any additional reinforcement or special mechanisms. There would be no need to remove strings or pickguard or do any soldering, and it would take only seconds to test or swap out different pickups. This would make it much easier to put in the perfect pickups for any particular genre or style, and not require having or maintaining multiple guitars. Just one great guitar to rule them all. As an alternative, I've started creating "quick swap" loaded pickguards for my Strat using extra pickups, pots, and caps, I've used in the past. The pickguard only requires one Quick Connect at the Output Jack. I've timed myself, and it takes 8 minutes to just loosen the strings, remove the pickguard, swap in the new pickguard, and tune up the strings. By my count, I'll end up with 4 or 5 unique swappable pickguards with distinct pickup configurations and sounds for my One Strat. 😎

[@LeonTodd]

That's very clever!

[@picksalot1]

@@LeonTodd This is the title to the KZbin video I watched on how to do it. "Tutorial: Quick-Swap Pickguards for Strats"

[@interestedoz1029]

Fantastic video as always Leon. Guessing going through the Fractal for that opening wah solo? I was actually just listening to your GX100 pre-sets and wondered if this was it? But am guessing Fractal - (shows you how good your GX100 stuff is that I'm struggling to work it out lol!) Sounds amazing whatever it is! Great playing mate

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks mate! Correct, it's Fractal

[@musicfrommicksroom]

That's a nice looking guitar! I just put that exact HipShot bridge on my Vantage 600VS!

[@LeonTodd]

I love the bridge. So comfy.

[@rockon856]

That was fascinating to watch mate. cheers! Blacked out is really sexy Is this exact model available for order? Just looking through your links but couldn’t find one Thanks Leon

[@LeonTodd]

You can pretty much order it any way you like! www.rubato.guitars/

[@martincockburn6821]

Been waiting for a video on this one ! Very cool... Really interesting. Good to see some footage of making/modding it. Sounds really good 👍. Are they in production or just made as on offs ??

[@LeonTodd]

They're pretty much made to order. Such a unique guitar hey.

[@martincockburn6821]

@@LeonTodd kinda figured that would be the case.... And very unique yes.... I like it ! 🤘

[@vejichan]

Awesome playing/sound. If you could choose a custom 6 string guitar built for you ...would you go with alder body/maple neck/ebony board and Suhr Aldrich humbucker in neck and bridge with 10-52 gauge strings in drop C? if not what would you go with?

[@DimKAt21]

I think brasilian carbon fibre sounds better, this one doesn't have rich upper low mids.

[@LeonTodd]

All in the wax they use there, lots of smooth bottom end

[@robertandre778]

it's the dream light weight guitar 🤘🤘

[@georgeangelakopoulos8884]

So what about the ''tonewood'' all the fancy builders are selling as an expensive feature??? Gimmick? I think the whole guitar is the neck... If the neck is good then it's all good. After this one you need fingers, which o don't have :P :P :P My humble opinion.... would like to see it with all black hardware!!! I thing you deserve that logo Leon!!! Have fun man!

[@Tjricchio]

Amazing!!

[@MoreMeRecording]

Looks and sounds very very good. Alas, far too $pendy for me especially US > CDN conversion lol - and I loved their message re LH guitars. Good on them!

[@ch3nz3n]

I'd love a left hand version of this. Not sure I wanna rob a bank to afford it tho. 😁 Srsly: The lack of wood is a great concept. Glad we're finally moving in that direction. Kudos to Rubato. 🍻

[@oliverlambson]

We actually can do lefties 👀

[@oliverlambson]

(ofc no up-charge, that always seemed unfair)

[@Allan-ts1ux]

How much does it weigh.. pretty cool lookin... I seem to favor heavier guitars for a solid feel and attack..less movement it seems while playing due to it's weight besides being able to use the weight for advantage with a stiff whammy. Curious how expensive it is... Sounds good Leon,

[@LeonTodd]

Less than 2.5kg (5.5 pounds) so it's super light! Feels so solid though

[@damianval4626]

I really hope folks get onboard with these family owned,grass roots guitar builders ☺️ They are building amazing guitars that equal and in alot of cases surpass guitars at 3x the price!!

[@LeonTodd]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Ghaos]

Some respectful feedback for Rubato: your guitar seems pretty cool. My biggest wish? IMO you need to a cooler shape, something other than the "this is a generic design so we work out the bugs" thing you have now. It works but it could more AWESOME. My suggestion? Take the Jazzmaster and make it modern, sorta akin to what Jackson did with the strat when they made the Soloist. Best of luck to you guys.

[@LeonTodd]

I'm keen to see where they go with the all carbon stuff. One thing I like about this is that the overall shape feels pretty traditional, but expanding the line to have something that not only plays futuristic but looks futuristic would be super cool.

[@Sound_Stable]

Looks cool but sounds harsh, imo. I also prefer warm tones, so maybe it's just me. Maybe filling it with some really dense foam may help?

[@newmexicosaint]

Praying for the day these carbon fibre guitars become a bit more affordable.

[@lordgraga]

Freeway is awesome. I just installed one in a 5-way in my friend’s HSH strat and the additional options were super nice. I am slightly aversive towards putting the toggle version in my own PRS cuz I’m worried it won’t be precise, but I am curious what your experience is. When necesarry, can just just “forget” the up position and pretend like it’s a regular 3-way?

[@LeonTodd]

Pretty much, that's more or less how I use it live

[@jasonparkerghosthead]

Are you familiar with the song ‘Ooh Baby’ by Cryer? It’s was a song in the early 90’s and also made its way onto one of the scenes from Stone Cold starring Brian Bosworth and Lance Hendrickson, can’t find correct tabs anywhere for it, just wondering if you might be able to tab the song out ??

[@PeterDunbar]

What’s the scale length mate? That neck sure looks thin and comfy. I love 24.75 scale length with my small hands and prefer that string tension. That end solo sounded like a perfect brick in the wall lead tone brother! Thanks and cheers. Peter from VT USA

[@LeonTodd]

25.5. Radius is compound from 8ish to 14ish inches which is super comfy and the neck is really smooth and slim.

[@JInfinity7]

Always have said, if someone can create a guitar milled out of a single block of material/fabricated into one, I'd likely be a buyer (no neck/body joint)

[@chrissladdin4187]

Aristides guitars

[@denholmrobert528]

Aristides have already done this, I have one and the resonance is absolutely insane

[@stevengoodman3498]

Incredible guitar LT. Sounds amazing, very unique, and very expensive! I'll have to sell more than my other kidney to get this one! Lol😂

[@cleanhit777]

My dream is to have a stable guitar, one where the neck doesn't move, the strings don't slip or hang up, and intonates all over the neck (think I'd need wiggly frets as well). I love guitar, but the tuning drives me nuts at times.

[@LeonTodd]

Something like this with an evertune and true temperament frets would be pretty close to that!

[@cleanhit777]

@@LeonTodd don't tempt me!

[@Celticsaint777]

Wish they made a les Paul style with 24.75” scale length.

[@zoomzoom3950]

Interesting. Guitar still looks traditional / conventional. I have a Gittler Titanium (now called their Classic model) I've owned for several years. It's not traditional or conventional. It looks like the spine of a Terminator fish as there are frets but no fretboard.

[@LeonTodd]

That's awesome! I've always wanted to try one of those.

[@zoomzoom3950]

@@LeonTodd Thanks, I like innovative guitars. My current fav is the EBMM Kaizen 6, I own a few. The Gittler is not as difficult to play as it looks, though thumb and hand position is important as there's a narrow center bar that acts as the neck which holds the frets. I started with a more formal classical approach with my thumb on the bar, which works but isn't necessary, in fact there are more positions available than a standard guitar neck that makes it even more versatile and comfortable to play. Just play it as you do any other guitar, and muscle memory takes over. I think the first time playing it, it took less than an hour to get comfortable with it. It has a volume, treble and bass control which gives it a wide range of tones; and a 13-pin connection. I mostly use it with my SY-1000, but it sounds great with standard output to my other gear, including tube amps. I don't use it as much these days, but I'll never sell it unless it's a real emergency. Cheers!

[@dougckelly]

Did Yngwie have go?

[@LeonTodd]

No but his tech enjoyed it.

[@sturmtheguitarist]

Does that thing weigh much?

[@LeonTodd]

Less than 2.5kg

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

The lack of woody jokes in the comments is disturbing but the guitar seems amazing

[@LeonTodd]

🤣

[@GERMAUG]

2.5 kg wow!, nice guitar

[@VVVY777]

According to PRS, this guitar here is probably not real. Because violin makers tapping on planks or something.

[@BSPotter]

all of the tones and none of the wood? voodoo?

[@showservices1]

Real ebony fretboards are illegal in the United States

[@chrischoir3594]

with all the effects flooded how can you even tell what is sounds like?

[@johnstitt2615]

Sinner!!!!!!!.......heretic!!!!!..........grab him!!!!!. To the pit of misery with Leon. Only wood and not that abomination. Wait, wait....leave the guitar. Take Leon away I said. Plunk, plink, strum....Move along. Nothing to see here.

[@LeonTodd]

"And what do you burn, apart from witches? More witches! - Wood! So why do witches burn? 'Cause they're made of wood? - Good! How do we tell if she is made of wood? - Build a bridge out of her."

[@Cmarquezl8]

Price is totally ridiculous… pointless.

[@chrischoir3594]

sounds very thin IMO